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World War I
World War I Vocabulary terms
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9th Grade
02/05/2013

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Triple Alliance
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A prewar alliance that united Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Triple Entente
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A prewar alliance between Russia, France, and Britain
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Central Powers
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Term for alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary in WWI
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Allied Powers
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Term for Alliance of Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia in WWI
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Imperialism
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When one country dominates another politically, economically, and culturally
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Nationalism
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When one country is motivated by a belief of cultural unity.
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Franz Ferdinand
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Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose assassination led to WWI
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Gavrilo Princip
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Young Serbian who assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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Sarajevo
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City in Bosnia, site of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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Schleiffen Plan
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A German military plan, Germany would attack France before attacking Russia. The goal was to prevent fighting a two-round war
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Neutral
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Taking no side in a conflict
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Trench Warfare
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War fought from dug-out fortified ditches
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Western Front
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Series of trenches dug by both the Allied Powers and Central Powers in Northern France, resulting in a deadlock
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Propaganda
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Information designed to influence people's opinions
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Total War
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War that requires total use of all a society's resources
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Battle of Gallipoli
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Allied effort to destroy the Central Powers forts that lined the Dardanelles
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Genocide
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The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
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U-boats
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German submarines that threatened ships in the waters around Britain
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Zimmerman Note
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German diplomat's secret message to Mexico urging an attack on the United States
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Armistice
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Truce
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Fourteen Points
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Woodrow Wilson's plan for world peace, proposed in 1918
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Treaty of Versailles
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Treaty that ended World War I, and severely punished Germany
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League of Nations
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Organization of nations created with the hope of ending future wars
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Balfour Declaration
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Statement issued by Britain in 1917, favoring the creation of a Jewish state in Palistine
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Black-Hunt
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Secret terrorist organization founded in 1911 to 'promote' the cause of a greater Serbia. The Black Hand had close links to the Serbian government and trained Gavrilo Princip, killer of Archduke Ferdinand
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"Bleed France White"
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A phrase coined by General Falkenhayne, as the stated goal of the Battle of Verdun. The goal was to kill as many Frenchmen as possible in order to get France's surrender
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Woodrow Wilson
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United states President during WWI
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George Clemenceau
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French Prime Minister during WWI
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David Loyd George
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British Prime Minister during 1916-1921
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Vittorio Orlando
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Italian Prime Minister during 1917-1919
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Nicholas II
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Last Emperor of Russia. He was overthrown by the Russian Revolution
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Reparations
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Refers to the payments and transfers of property and equipment that Germany was forced to make under the Treaty of Versaille
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"No-man's Land"
Definition
The barren territory that lay between the opposing Allied and German trenches on the Western Front
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War Guilt Clause
Definition
Part of the Treaty of Versailles, forcing Germany to say that they alone caused World War I - and that it was therefore right and proper that they had to pay reperations
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Lusitania
Definition
British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915
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Over the Top
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Term given to the act of climbing out of a trench and going forward into battle
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Stalemate
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Term used to describe deadlock on the Western Front during WWI
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Self Determination
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One of the causes of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. National groups in Europe should, wherever possible, be given their ndependence
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The Big Four
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The four most influential people in drafting the Treaty of Versailles: Wilson, Clemenceau, George, and Orlando
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